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Mosaic Wall Art

Heart Throb

Picture
Completed May 2011
Materials: collage, architectural clear glass, tempered glass, wire inclusion
Finished size: 13" x 8"
Price: Sold

Albero della Vita

Picture
Completed May 2011
Materials: collage, stained glass, architectural clear glass
Finished size: 12" x 12"
Price: Sold

Chiave di Sol

Picture
Completed May 2011
Materials: collage, stained glass, architectural clear glass, smalti, tempered glass, bamboo
Finished size: 16" x 13"
Price: $325 at Commonwheel Artist's Co-op, Manitou Springs, CO

Con Vivace

Picture
Completed May 2011
Materials: collage, stained glass, architectural clear glass, tempered glass, copper BBs
Finished size: 13" x 8"
Price: $160at Commonwheel Artist's Co-op, Manitou Springs, CO

Con Anima

Picture
Completed May 2011
Materials: collage, stained glass, architectural clear glass, tempered glass, copper BBs
Finished size: 16" x 13"
Price: $325 at Commonwheel Artist's Co-op, Manitou Springs, CO

Home

Picture
Completed February 2011
Materials: collage, hand-painted glass, tempered glass
Finished size: 9" x 13"
Price: $160 at Commonwheel Artist's Co-op, Manitou Springs, CO

In the Streams of Consciousness

Picture
Completed April 2010
Materials: fabric collage, stained glass, tempered glass
Finished size: 13" x 11.25"
Price: Sold

White Noise

Picture
Completed April 2010
Materials: as many different kinds of mosaic glass as the artist could lay her hands on
Finished size: 14.75" x 11"
Price: Sold

Russian Olive in the Moonlight

Picture
Completed April 2010
Materials: fabric, stained glass
Finished size: 6.5" x 11.5"
Price: Sold

Floral Etude

Picture
Completed November 2009
Materials: Mixed media, stained glass
Price: Sold

Acoustic Stripes

Picture
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Acoustic Stripes II

Picture
Completed November 2009
Materials: Paint, stained glass
Price: Sold

Carnegie Window with Daisies

Picture
Finished Size: 12" x 14"
Completed August 2009

Materials: Paint, stained glass
Price: Sold

The assignment was to create works of art inspired by the garden outside the Carnegie Library in downtown Colorado Springs. The sculptural base of this piece recalls sculptural forms above some of the buildings' windows, below which you will find a stand of Shasta Daisies.

Nora's Tarantella

Finished Size: 11" x 14"
Completed February 2009

Materials: Paint, upcycled tempered glass, fused glass gems, painted glass, grout
Price: $200--Available at Commonwheel Artist's Co-op, Manitou Springs, CO


Celestial Calendar

Finished Size: 13" x 13"
Completed January 2009

Materials: Collage, upcycled tempered glass, fused glass
Price: $200--Available at Commonwheel Artist's Co-op, Manitou Springs, CO

This piece was begun around the turn of the year, so new calendars were in the back of my mind. I tried to create the feel of an antique instrument in the works geometric aspects.


Autumnal Gold (Purple Series)

Finished Size: 12" x 24"
Completed December 2008

Materials: Dried leaves and flower petals, tempered glass, stained glass, paint
Price: $225--Commonwheel Artists Co-op


Four Leaves

Finished Size: 13" x 13"
Materials: Collage, tempered glass, metal-leafed glass, stained glass
Price: $200--Available at Commonwheel Artist's Co-op, Manitou Springs, CO



Event Window

Finished Size: 12" x 12"
Materials: Collage, stained glass, tempered glass, non-reflective plate glass
Price: Sold
 


Crabapple Blossoms

Finished Size: 13.75" x 20.5"
Materials: Collage, tempered glass, stained glass, lace
Price: $180--Available at Commonwheel Artist's Co-op, Manitou Springs, CO


Seen Through Closed Eyes

Finished size: 12" x12"
Materials: Collage, textured glass, tempered glass, glass gems
Price: $225--Available at Commonwheel Artist's Co-op, Manitou Springs, CO


Trio of Elements

Finished Size: 3 pieces each 6" x 6"
Materials: Collage, tempered glass, glass gems, stained glass
Price: Sold


G-Clef

Finished size: 12" x 22"
Price: Sold
Materials: Mixed media (paint and pigment), reclaimed tempered glass, grout on wooden base


Music was a part of my life from early childhood. I'm sure I heard of the bass clef at some point before high school music theory classes, but the treble clef has been a friend since I started reading music in the 4th grade.








One of These Things

Finished size: 12" x 12"
Price: Sold

Materials: mixed media (paint and pigment), reclaimed pebbled plate glass and tempered glass, grout on wooden base

Remember the song from Sesame Street? I started with 4 blanks in two colors. The geometrical shapes came along, then the coppery-brown effects to accentuate them.


Afghani Bride

Finished size: 10" wide x 16" tall x 3.5" deep
Price: $675, Available from the artist
Materials: gold leafed glass, mixed-media collage, reclaimed tempered glass, smalti, stained glass, hand-beaded fringe of glass and lapis lazuli beads--cement sculpture mounted on wooden base

I’d been reading a lot about the recent political transitions in Afghanistan and Iran when I was working on this piece. As it came together, the fringe and shape reminded me of a burhka. The name of the piece followed.


John Cage Runs a 5-K

Finished size: 9" x 18"
Price:
Sold
Materials: Stained glass, tempered glass, collage, glass gems


This started out as a freeform design and ended up as a comment on some types of modern music. John Cage was an experimental composer who challenged the idea of what music was.


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